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Android gets some new homescreen skins; big pimpin’ ensues

Now I’m jealous. Customizable skins? Agh damn you Android. With the option of more homescreens, app docking, custom widgets, themes, and designs, customizing your G1 or soon to come G2 is straight out pimpin’. Check out these vids, courtesy of Androinica. They feature three skins, called aHome, dxTop, and OpenHome. Check it.
aHome:

dxTop:

OpenHome:

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Android ‘cupcake’ update coming; G1 owners get some new fancy features

The rumored ‘cupcake’ update for G1 owners has been a long time coming; however, it seems that April will be the month for release. Various sources, including Pocket Lint are reporting that T-Mobile reps are blurting the news that cupcake will be available next month. With the main feature of cupcake being an onscreen keyboard, [...]

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HTC doubles workforce; jump to Android taking full flight

It’s no question that HTC was one of the first to jump on the Android train with the T-Mobile G1; perhaps their proactiveness with the platform was a smart move. HTC was actually able to literally double their workforce, increasing by 47% and now totaling 9,353 employees. The success of the Android platform has had [...]

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G1 users get turn-by-turn navigation, changes initial thoughts

The debate over turn-by-turn for the iPhone is a confusing one, as we detailed a short while back. And as we speculated, G1 users finally got their turn-by-turn navigation on Tuesday. While I would love to have turn-by-turn on my iPhone, I took a second look at my initial thoughts by addressing the price; Telenav [...]

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First look at the Android “Cupcake” build; keyboard not so hot [Video]

The Android Blog offered us a first hand look at “cupcake” (code for an Android build) to be released most likely in the upcoming months. While the build changed some UI features, the most prominent integration to the G1 in this case, would be the full touch QWERTY keyboard. While the idea is nice for [...]

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The G1 Gets Navigation Application

Soon G1 users will be able to throw those expensive GPS units out the window because TeleNav is about to launch the first turn-by-turn GPS navagation application for G1 phones. The navigation app will have full color maps with features such as speech recognition, traffic alerts, weather updates and restaurant reviews. It also has the [...]

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My Disappointment with the G2

With the leaked photos of the G2, initially, I’ll admit, I was excited. When I looked deeper into the matter and discovered that the G2 was actually a worse version of the G1, my heart ached a little.
First of all, I do not know WHAT HTC was thinking when they decided to remove the full [...]

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T-Mobile G1 Unboxing

It’s finally here. We have an unboxing for you of the very hyped T-Mobile G1 handset with the Google Android platform. Find out more information about this phone at http://www.t-mobileg1.com. Enjoy!

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